Tag: Faith
Disciple Diaries: Careena’s five-decade journey to the Catholic faith
Careena Craven grew up in a household where faith was an unwelcome stranger. Now she's preparing to become a leader in her parish
Faith leaders reject ‘Equality’ Bill
The leaders of NSW’s major Christian denominations and other faith traditions have joined Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP in a call for the rejection in full of Sydney MP Alex Greenwich’s “Equality” bill, set to be debated when parliament returns in early February.
Patrick O’Shea: Gifts to grow faith without breaking the bank
It’s that time of the year again when we’re called to prepare our gifts for our loved ones for the celebration of Christmas.
Philippa Martyr: What our schools teach kids has eternal consequences
I dove back into the Catholics in Australia survey to see if there were other ways Catholic schooling might relate to how you believe, behave and belong to the Church.
Philippa Martyr: Commitment and Catholic schooling by the numbers
Last week we speculated about the impact of Catholic school education on Catholics in Australia. Does it make you a better Catholic in terms of what you believe?
Daniel Ang: Absent faith, synodality only a buzzword
As the first assembly of the Synod on Synodality draws to a close, the polarisation over this ecclesial project remains—at least if the online commentary is anything to go by.
Philippa Martyr: How could you measure schools’ impact on faith?
Catholic schools in Australia have been flourishing for decades. Since state aid put the system on an equal footing with non-Catholic schools, they’ve never looked back.
Q and A with Fr John Flader: The role of grandparents
Dear Father, you wrote that we grandparents should not baptise our grandchildren when their parents have not had it done. But what can we do then? I really feel for these beautiful children growing up without any faith.
Anthony Cleary: Despite suffering, we do enjoy life to the full
Even in the midst of life’s challenges, I find consolation in Jesus’ assurance that he came so that we might have “life to the...
Pilgrims commissioned to encounter Christ at World Youth Day
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has commissioned Sydney’s World Youth Day pilgrims for their expedition to Lisbon, Portugal, with the promise of a life-changing journey of transformation and an encounter with the Risen Christ.
Anti-discrimination laws welcomed
Faith leaders have welcomed proposed changes to New South Wales’ anti-discrimination laws to outlaw vilification on religious grounds, as part of the work to be done to address religious freedom in the state.
Dr Patrick McArdle: Faith’s freedom narrows after Calvary
As of 3 July, Calvary Public Hospital no longer exists. Nearly half a century of service to Canberra by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary and those who inherited their ministry has ended in public health care.
